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that the proper way of reading these books is from the right to the left 
in the Semitic fashion. It is, however, by no means certain that the 
direction of the scripts is from the right to the left. See also the 
General Remarks on the Orientation of the Books. 
No. VI. Book. 
Not mentioned in the Proceedings. Belongs to M. 6. Acquired 
from the Rev. Mr. Hogberg. Size, 9|x4 inches. Number of forms, 
8 ; but the book is a mere fragment; a large portion, including begin¬ 
ning and end and the rivets, is wanting. Paper, variety Ilia; some 
stains, but no burns. Printing similar to tliat in Nos. IV and V, but 
even worse ; ink has run so badly through the paper that many pages 
coaid not be printed at all, the print on one side showing through on 
the other. 
Contains recension 1I&, printed exactly as in No. V, two impressions 
on each page, standing head to foot, the lower being complete, the 
upper, incomplete. 
Third Set. 
This set comprises three books. The peculiarity of them is that 
their forms are not placed one upon the other, as in the bound books of 
all the other sets, but are inserted one within the other. Moreover the 
printing does not commence upon the fourth, but on the second page, 
and does not stop on the ante-ante-penultimate, but on the penultimate 
page. 
The text of this set consists of two short formulas A and B. 
Formula A is made up of five short lines, of about 5 or 6 letters each. It 
is found in all three books. Formula B consists of four longer lines of 
about 7 or 8 letters each, and is only found in two books, Nos. II and III. 
For printing these two formulas, two separate blocks must have 
been used. This is evident from the lines, enclosing the formulas, 
as well as from the different size of the two blocks. Measured between 
those lines, the dimensions are l§xlf ,/ and x 1 T V' respectively. 
There is nothing to indicate what is top and bottom of the formulas. 
No. I. Book. (Plate XI.) 
Belongs to M. 3. Size, 14§x4|". Number of forms, 16. It was 
originally bound with three twists of paper. These having broken, 
the book has been re-stitched with fresh thread, apparently by the 
finder, or in Mr. Macartney’s office. It is, therefore, not certain whether 
the number of the forms is complete. Paper, variety III b. Leaves much 
burned and torn. 
